diff --git a/utils/utils.py b/utils/utils.py
index 0b442799..9a7853e3 100755
--- a/utils/utils.py
+++ b/utils/utils.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def load_classes(path):
     """
     Loads class labels at 'path'
     """
-    fp = open('data/coco.names', 'r')
+    fp = open(path, 'r')
     names = fp.read().split('\n')
     return list(filter(None, names))  # filter removes empty strings (such as last line)